Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-23


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tNe OAie1nD EoHnathi1g o. ether. That
cslY 1a4 ben muEa advertised b -
railroads II thaf WaT than a anY othef
~. rs companSes nsEuzlka1egu1zF
u2k1 themselves. shaiF fnaafe4la and
Ine city kHown al eFuE The Nn4id 81
PAM tas been n1sEflg heipsd rs Sans
9aY, QenE1E and c1hag toaus. MoEa
Qeople know Alehtson. Topakm and
santa Re 1hrpuah ehe great railroad So
tenn bearing thaf name. th4n ghrouRh
aug other cauas. Ii fast. "a al
t1e co1ntry wet 81 TIE Mis1lE1io
8 river they are na fawiIiax IS the
names Of cisiea Ia tie eounfFy fan timen
- pgruloas. 0ne of TIE great heips
Baitimore has had has bsen the vide
spread goed name 1t TIE BaifimnEs
Uhto railroad and telegraph companies.
On this coast there has been but q
liuited cbseEvanos q ths beneEtg 70 be
iooally obtained b. this species Of 81
VsEtialHR. Many % fhe names, IN faet.
are miEnomoEM One would think, for
lnatanaes fhnt the OREGON ImpEogemeu1
oompanY uas q oauseKn devoted 20
crest works IN he stats o. Oregon. 50
TAR froEn this being fna case, d has al
zicGt nsthina theHe. kta works are
nearly ell 10 and neax Seattle, and lie
name coul1 with mach more EropEiety
have been ether tbs Seattle, fhs King
Donniys he RQRet Sa1nd, or She Wash.
in&tcn Improvement company. Like
cur laws. The ohjset Of the company
would thsn haFs been expressed N its
title.
1T d0es seem a. Il the men euntrOll-
Ina khe corporations about here, who
we're friendly IS thas, wanted 70 90 whaf
Lbey could against rs II this matter.
1hsy changed the name Of The Seattle
and Walla Walla railroad TO Columbia
and Puget Sound, and an effort vas
made 10 change the Eeaatls Ceal and
transportation company % somethine
seFe entvlned from doing 20 By process
Of Law. Il The Seattle and Walla WAli8
wes 70 be no more than they
nass evidently infs1dsd, its name
might have been changed more proper
y 10 the Seattle. Newcastle cad Cedar
River railway, OF something Of that
sort. The Puget Sound Shore Line.
following eastern precedent, should
have bstn she Seattle and Northern
Pacinn.
''In naming theiF steamers this city
and vicinity were likewise sliRhted.
Omatilla. Willamette and Walla Walla
are good enough namFs. bus they ars no
better, end are eaEtainIy less nppFopFi-
ate than Juan de- Faca, Puaet Sound.
Rainier or enoqualmIe. Tie steamers
Olgmplan and Alaskan we're built for
the trade between seattle and VicfoEia,
and undeF the circumstances Ii would
have been graceful and fitting 90 have
named them altar the tuo eitiss. TIE
people here have reason 20 feel az
gFieged on these accounts. They have
not only been elighted, bat have keen
actually injured. II 10 pleasant 10 See
he new element eomlnQ II has other
and more proper views. THAR com
paniea are called seattle, Lake Shore q
Eastern, Seattle West Coast. Puges
sound Construction and Seattle and
Eastern Construction. The town they
lay out viii b Seattle, not Oregon or
Columbia River. The effect Of this IL
locally pleading, aud gives the people
increased pride and interest u the
works going on. 30 far ~ beinQa det-
timent 20 the companies. II is IN also
lutte beueft. aud that they Tealixs this
is not 10 be questioned. Seattle has
been getting deal Of pleasant aover-
Using IN THE way daring the past year.
snd q 10 only the beginning. Spokans
Falls and Helena are in the same happy
Allthe branch tines lead
ina into thoss towna-numbeEing six or
eight, 81 loaat ARE respectively epo-
kane and something end Helena and
something their names expressing
something and that something being
the truth. and what TIE people chief
sonoernei want them 70 express. II isl
ilksly 90 gili have lees 20 complain o.
20 The future on shis score. hogeveI
than We have had in the past"